Assignments: since 1980 Chief Executive Officer of in Iserlohn based company DURABLE Hunke & Jochheim GmbH & Co. KG. Durable is one of the leading manufacturers and distributors of office equipment and accessories worldwide (www.durable.de).

Associations: President of Employers’ and Business Association of North-Rhine-Westphalia (www.unternehmernrw.net).

Vision: longtime varied experiences and also political and social commitment are useful for promoting bilateral relation between Germany and Estonia. The focus of his current engagement lies among other initiative on deepening and widening academical relations between both countries.

Awards:
• German Federal Cross of Merit, 1St Class;
• Order of Merit of the State of North-Rhine-Westphalen.